What Sproles can do isnt an area of need.
We need to spend this cap money on linemen and the secondary.
We dont have the luxury of having luxurys......

How is a proven dynamic PR/KR a luxury of luxuries. Sproles wasn't cut for performance, he was a cap hell casualty, and if he came here (at around what his contract would have been this year) it would be a solid move by the Skins FO.

Remember how bad our ST's were? and a dynamic screen game plays to Griffin's strengths, just mixing those with Garcon's screens would force the defense to play the whole field.

Apparently, you and Paintrain and perhaps a few others value Helu a lot less than I do. In 2011, he put up 3 TDs and over 1,000 yards from scrimmage. Last season, complimenting Morris, he carved out a nice role, getting 4 TDs and over 500 yards from scrimmage. In my opinion, he's very valuable as a 3rd down back and backup. And we all know Gruden made good use of 2 RBs in Cincy, so I expect Helu to have the same or even more success next year. Sproles is better, but there's not a big gap between the two.

That being said, I'd still like to see Sproles here, mostly for the KR\PR side of him. We would need to be careful how much we used him offensively because Morris does better when he's heavily involved in the offense, and Helu already takes enough snaps away.

Apparently, you and Paintrain and perhaps a few others value Helu a lot less than I do. In 2011, he put up 3 TDs and over 1,000 yards from scrimmage. Last season, complimenting Morris, he carved out a nice role, getting 4 TDs and over 500 yards from scrimmage. In my opinion, he's very valuable as a 3rd down back and backup. And we all know Gruden made good use of 2 RBs in Cincy, so I expect Helu to have the same or even more success next year. Sproles is better, but there's not a big gap between the two.

That being said, I'd still like to see Sproles here, mostly for the KR\PR side of him. We would need to be careful how much we used him offensively because Morris does better when he's heavily involved in the offense, and Helu already takes enough snaps away.

I like Helu as the primary backup, but Sproles is a much better 3rd down back and receiver out of the backfield. I'm not choosing between the two.

I think we should definitely take a look at Roger Saffold and Zane Beadles. Add those two to the right side, draft a center, and BOOM, offensive line is no longer the liability it once was. Just worry about the price Saffold might command, and the Rams let him go to save some cap space....

Especially one that can line up all over the field and return kicks too.

So you have no confidence that Thompson will be able to grow into this role? That remains to be seen. But this has been the problem around here, not having the ability to develop our own players, or not doing it enough.